Serviceman

Ball

815th

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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.

Army serial number: 19199029
Rank: Sgt (23 September 1944), Sgt (3 November 1944), Sgt (6 December 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

3 entries, first 23 September 1944, last 6 December 1944; grades seen: Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

1944-09-23 815th: Fr sk in qrs (LD) to dy, 21 Sep 44 18002232 Morris (747) Cpl Fr dy to sk (LD) in qrs, 21 Sep 44 and
1944-11-03 815th: Fr dy to sk (ID 2) 4th Fld Hosp San Severo

National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 284, roll 576472397 p. 3091, roll 579002584 p. 3647

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